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(No Model!) H'. LUCAS & -J.. ARCHER. PEDAL FOR VE-LOGIPEDES.

No. 512,729. Patented Jan. 16, 1894.

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HARRY LUCAS AND JAMES ARCHER, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

I .PEDAL FOR VELOCIPEDES.

1 I SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,729, dated January 16, 1894. Application filed SeptemberSQ, 1893. Serial No. 486,916 (No model.) Patented in England November 1, 1892, No. 19,627.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY LUCAS and JAMES ARCHER, both subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement inv Pedals for Velocipedes, (for which we have.

obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 19,627, bearing date the 1st day of November, 1892,) of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved construction of ball bearing pedal for velocipedes and it consists in making the fixed cone on the outer end of the pedal pin, in mounting the adjustable cone on the inner end of the said pin, in making the bearing cups in the inner sides of the said plates of the pedal.

so that the adjustable cone is moved outward, 11. 0. toward the adjacent end of the pedal pin to take up the wear of the bearings, and in inclosing the bearing cups in the side plates of thepedal by means of the barrel inclosing the pedal pin, the object being to make the pedal dust-proof, to provide more efficient lubrication than at present obtains, to reduce weight, and to simplify manufacture. We attain these ends by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in sectional plan of-our improved pedal and Fig. 2 is a viewin planpartly in section-showing a modification thereof. I

In both views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.

The pedal pin A has a screw thread a cut on its one end, on which is screwed an adjustable cone B "having its apex pointing toward that end of the pedal pin on which it is threaded. On the apex end of'the cone B is formed a collar b-which carries a projection 79 having two flat sides adapting it to fit in the slot in the crank of the machine to prevent the said cone turning when the bearings of the pedal are adjusted. Outsidethe cone B is a nut 0 adapted to lock the said cone and the pedal pin A to the crank of the machine. The other end of the pedal pin A is shaped to form a male cone B.

The inner side plate D of the pedal is shaped to form, or it has fixed to it-on its inner side-a cupped recess 01 adapted with the cone B on the pedal pin to form a race for the balls 00 forming together the inner bearing of the pedal. The outer side plate D of the pedal is shaped to form or it has fixed to it on its inner side-a cupped recess d adapted with the cone B on the pedal pin to form a race for the balls w forming together the outer bearing of the pedal. The cupped recess din the side plate D has a central hole for the collar 12 on the cone B to pass throughv but the recess d'in the plate D has no hole through it, so that the outer bearing of the pedal is sealed on the outside of the pedal.

As a modification the outer bearing ofthe pedal may consist of a single ball :20. as shown by Fig. 2, in which case the cone B at the outer end of the pedal pin is made of female shape as shown. r

The side plates D and D are connected together by a sleeve or barrel E which serves not only to cover the pedal pin but also to seal the bearings of the pedal on the inner sides of .the'side plates thereof. The one end of the sleeve or barrel E screws direct in the recess cl in the side plate D and the other end carries a disk 6 which screws into the recess d in the side plate D.

The plates D and D carry foot bars either of the rat-trap type as shown by the accompanying drawings, or of the rubber type, the said foot bars being attached to the side plates either as shown'or in any other convenient manner.

To adjust the bearings of the pedal the nut 0 used for fixing the pedal pin to the cranks of the machine is slackened, and the pedal pin is turned, which causes the adjustable cone to travel longitudinally thereon, as the said cone cannot rotate owing to the flattened projection carried by it engaging with the slot in the cranks. After the necessary adjustment is obtained the nut O is tightened which looks both the cone B and the pedal pin A to the crank of the machine. I

To facilitate turning the pedal pin A to adjust the bearings of the pedal a screw-driver slot at is cut or formed in the threaded end a thereof, and in order to provide against the adjustable cone B moving on the pedal pin when. the nut (J-is being tightened up,asinall set screw 11 is screwed into the projection b .of the cone Bto impinge on the pedal pin and so look the cone thereto.

The barrel E is provided with the usual hole Z ing a disk athoneendnand, adapted to. screw for the introduction of a lubricant.

It will be seen that a pedal constructed hereinbefore set forth is as dllfitzPlIQQfi asit is possible to make it as it only has one unsealed opening into the bearings, viz., where the collar of the adjustabletcone passes through the inner side plate, and that owing to the shape of the bearingsthey retainthe-lubricant thus V A k and a nut for locking the pedal pin to the insuring their perfect lubrication.

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